Want some individual games to watch? PHT will probably go deeper in-depth later, but here are a few that deserve attention off the bat with some help from NHL.com:

Jan. 19 (season opener)

The season kicks off with Pittsburgh at Philadelphia, Ottawa at Winnipeg, Chicago at Los Angeles, New York Rangers at Boston, Toronto at Montreal, New Jersey at the New York Islanders, Washington at Tampa Bay, Carolina at Florida, Detroit at St. Louis, Columbus at Nashville, Phoenix at Dallas, Colorado at Minnesota, and Anaheim at Vancouver.

Jan. 26 (Los Angeles at Phoenix)

The Kings return to face the Coyotes in Glendale. Will the ‘Yotes try to extract revenge against Dustin Brown for that controversial knee-to-knee?

March 9 (Minnesota at Nashville)

Ryan Suter and his new team, the Wild, visit his old home in Nashville. Will he hug it out with Shea Weber before the game?

April 20 (Phoenix at Chicago)

Remember that Raffi Torres hit on Marian Hossa? The Blackhawks surely do – and the polarizing hitter’s suspension should be over by then.

New Jersey at New York Rangers, Montreal at Toronto, Philadelphia at Ottawa, Carolina at Pittsburgh, Boston at Washington, Florida at Tampa Bay, Nashville at Columbus, Minnesota at Colorado, Chicago at St. Louis, Detroit at Dallas, Vancouver at Edmonton, Phoenix at Anaheim and San Jose at Los Angeles.

The NHL’s handy press release lists the opening games for each NHL team:

Minnesota Wild goalie Devan Dubnyk has been the most difficult goalies to score against this season. Leave it to a high-level player like Leon Draisaitl to make it look this, well, “easy.”

Draisaitl scored his 13th goal of 2016-17 by capping this pretty give-and-go play with Benoit Pouliot. You can see the frustration from Dubnyk at the end of the tally, as if he was saying “How was I supposed to stop that?” (though probably with more colorful language).

Draisaitl came into Friday with five goals and three assists in his last five games, so he’s been almost unstoppable lately.